Project Accountant - South Yorkshire - DFS

    DFS
    DFS South Yorkshire

    3 days ago

    Description

    Overview

    Job Type: Permanent. Job Sector: Accounting. Region: Yorkshire. Location: Doncaster. Salary Description: Competitive salary based on skills and experience. Posted: 04/02/2026. Recruiter: DFS. Job Ref: dfs/TP/250060/3174.

    Responsibilities

    • Own financial oversight of major project and technology spend, ensuring robust control, accurate forecasting, and clear visibility of performance against budget.
    • Ensure appropriate accounting treatment of project and technology costs, including capitalisation vs P&L decisions, in line with accounting standards and Group policies.
    • Partner closely with Technology, Project, and Transformation teams, attending project forums and governance meetings to understand activity, challenge assumptions, and ensure financial impacts are fully understood and correctly reflected.
    • Review project costs and ensure they are correctly recorded in the accounts, supporting accurate and timely month-end reporting.
    • Provide accurate, timely project financial information to Programme Directors and senior leadership, enabling monthly status reporting on actuals versus budget, and highlighting risks, opportunities, and areas requiring intervention.
    • Own the provision of project and technology financials, supporting Programme Leads with budgeting and forecasting while ensuring plans are robust, well-understood, and appropriately phased.
    • Maintain strong financial governance, ensuring adherence to investment approval processes, business cases, and post-implementation reviews.
    • Act as a key finance contact for projects, translating complex financial and accounting concepts into clear, practical guidance for non-finance stakeholders.
    • Identify and drive improvements in processes, controls, and ways of working related to project and technology accounting.

    What we're looking for

    • Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly around capitalisation of technology and project spend.
    • Confident communicator, able to engage credibly with non-finance stakeholders and ask the right questions.
    • Commercially minded with a practical, problem-solving approach.
    • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and explain complex data.
    • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, change-driven environment.
    • Well-organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
    • A collaborative team player who builds trusted relationships quickly.

    Experience and Qualifications

    • Proven experience in a project accountant, capital accounting, or similar role.
    • Experience working with technology and/or transformation programmes.
    • Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, and investment processes is desirable.
    • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA), or equivalent experience.

    Benefits

    • Potential Annual Bonus Scheme: Contribute to our success and get rewarded for it.
    • Growth and Training: Learn new skills and develop your career with us.
    • Leave: Enjoy a great holiday allowance, with the option to buy 5 extra days. Take advantage of our enhanced leave for Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental, and Adoption, plus a paid volunteering day each year.
    • Discounts: Get 30% off DFS and Sofology products for yourself, plus discounts for friends and family - and savings at big brands like Sainsbury's, ASOS, and IKEA.
    • Wellbeing Perks: Access healthcare services, an Employee Assistance Programme, and discounted gym memberships.
    • Pension and Savings: Join our Group Pension and Sharesave schemes.
    • Life Assurance & Sick Pay: Peace of mind with Life Assurance and Company Sick Pay.

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